Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program — Phase 3

SIP Phase 3 — Active Consortia Participation

Funds cross-ministerial Japanese innovation across energy, health, and robotics to strengthen real-world implementation.

The Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program Phase 3 (SIP3) is Japan's flagship cross-ministerial research and development initiative, running from 2023 to 2027 under the strategic direction of the Cabinet Office's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI). The programme operates across 14 large-scale sub-projects covering industrial, societal, and deep-technology challenges, including smart energy management, circular economy development, integrated healthcare, quantum technologies, materials innovation, smart mobility, human-collaborative robotics, and resilient disaster-response networks. The FY2024 programme budget was confirmed at ¥28 billion. CSTI appoints a Program Director (PD) for each sub-project; NEDO manages three sub-projects (codes P23022–P23025: Smart Mobility, Virtual Economy, Human-Collaborative Robotics), while JST, AMED, NIED, and NIMS manage the remaining eleven.

Participation in SIP3 requires joining an industry-academia-government consortium under an existing PD's sub-project — solo company applications to CSTI are not possible. CSTI does not operate a direct application portal; all calls for consortium members, sub-tasks, and research contracts are published on the individual partner agency websites (NEDO, JST, AMED, NIED). Eligible participants include Japanese corporations, universities, research institutions, and government bodies; all documentation and application processes are in Japanese, and registration in Japan is required.

To engage with SIP3, prospective participants should identify the most relevant sub-project among the 14 themes, locate the corresponding project management agency, and monitor that agency's open calls for consortium expansion or sub-task contracting. New consortium-member calls depend on each PD's sub-project timeline and are not centrally coordinated by CSTI. Companies and researchers that want to track open calls should follow NEDO's project portal (sip3.nedo.go.jp) for the three NEDO-managed themes, and JST, AMED, NIED, and NIMS portals for the remaining projects.